Plants
For A Future (PFAF) is a resource centre for rare and
unusual plants, particularly those which have edible,
medicinal or other uses. Ibiblio hosts PFAF's database
of useful plants which contains over 7000 species and
has extensive details on edible, medicinal and other uses
of plants together with information about their cultivation
and habitats.

rec.gardens.ecosystems
is a Usenet newsgroup intended for the discussion of gardening
topics of the home garden from an ecological perspective.
In "down to earth" language, this means trying
to work in concert with nature, rather than trying to
force it into rigid format. A second aspect of the ecological
perspective is that one avoids the use of toxic substances
and fertilizers.

No
scientific subject, perhaps, produced a larger, a more
curious, or a more splendidly illustrated literature than
the world of plants. Greek medical men and scientists,
Roman encyclopedists, and medieval doctors compiled and
recompiled herbals, generally taking special interest
in those plants that were thought to be of medicinal value--as
hundreds were. The Vatican Library is a great repository
of this tradition, in which direct observation and inherited
stereotypes, empirical evidence and wild fantasy, jostled
for centuries.

Conceived
and managed by former staff members of The New Farm magazine,
connects farmers with current information on how to maintain
a cost effective, environmentally friendly farm. Information
on many areas including genetically engineered crops,
farm policy, crop production and management, compost,
marketing, poultry pasturing, and agroforestry.

A
private, nonprofit public interest organization which
engages in research and public education on issues and
policies related to safe food, family farm agriculture
and preservation of natural resources. ARC has a focus
on pesticides and pesticide residues in food, protection
of valuable ground water resources, prevention of involuntary
exposure to toxic pesticides and promotion of environmentally
sound, healthy and sustainable use of our human and natural
resources.
PESTicide EDucation Project provides information and technical
support on pest control questions for urban, suburban
and rural residents